The American Revolution and Independence - The American...

The American Revolution and Independence Boston Tea Party Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) • Aimed at punishing Boston 1. Port of Boston Act – Boston could not trade until the tea was paid for 2. Massachusetts Government Act – Thomas Gage was put in charge of the British military to control Boston – Boston could not meet for meetings. 3. Act for the Impartial Administration of Justice 4. Quartering Act (all the colonies) – British is readying to go to war if necessary. • All of these Acts have the opposite effect to the colonies Britain wanted. The colonies instead saw what was happening to Massachusetts and decided to help resist First Continental Congress • Drawing by Ben Franklin • September 17, 1774 – Join or Die Declaration of American Rights • No taxation without representation • Parliament is not Imperial • The strongest language comes out in this document

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